A mixture of views and news on crypto currencies, distributed ledger technology and a small side order of cryptography.
16 Sep 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Tomatosoup
Back in July trading platform Stormgain launched a free Bitcoin cloud miner. In my post back then I estimated that it should distribute $10 of trading funds in around 10 days, given diligent attention to pushing the button during waking hours. I'd al...
15 Jul 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Tomatosoup
Uniswap is getting attention both as a simple way to swap funds from one EC20 token to another, and as a way to earn from crypto holdings by providing liquidity to the market. Uniswap is a protocol running on Ethereum, it enables swaps without the n...
1 Jul 2020 3 minute read 0 comments Tomatosoup
Crypto exchange StormGain has launched a new cloud miner tool which currently looks set to pay out 10 USDT every 10 days* . They say, "This unique, innovative feature enables users to mine their very own cryptocurrency right from their phone." Now if...
18 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Tomatosoup
EY, the auditors for German payment processor Wirecard have refused to sign off the company's accounts as it has not been possible to confirm the whereabouts of $1.9bn in cash. Wirecard issues crypto debit cards and pre-paid Visa and MasterCards for...
22 Feb 2020 1 minute read 3 comments Tomatosoup
An Irish drug dealer has reportedly 'come to terms with' the loss of $58,896,100 (USD) worth of Bitcoin, and not to the police. Convicted criminal, Clifton Collins had been growing Cannabis in a series of rented homes since around 2005. He bought 6,0...
19 Feb 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Tomatosoup
Since receiving several reports of missing funds on the 12th of February 2020 the IOTA Foundation has been investigating an attack. In a series of posts to its status page, they have revealed details of the investigation and steps taken to halt the a...
10 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Tomatosoup
In my earlier post, "Bentalefin.com - Scam or a changing business model?" I came to the conclusion that, Bentalefin.com is, unfortunately, no longer a site to recommend that people experiment with. It is also now certainly not a site i'd risk $500...
9 Nov 2019 2 minute read 1 comment Tomatosoup
In a news post today, 9th of November 2019, Mexicantarget, owner and operator of Faucethub.io announced, "The end of the faucet industry as we know it." FaucetHub is the biggest micro wallet site out there, aggregating the micro-payments in Bitcoin a...
10 Oct 2019 1 minute read 2 comments Tomatosoup
Speaking at DevCon 5 in Japan on the on the 9th of October, Rune Christensen, CEO of the Maker Foundation, revealed that Multi-Collateral Dai (MCD) is ready, and scheduled to launch on November 18 - subject to a vote by MKR token holders to activate...
5 Oct 2019 1 minute read 9 comments Tomatosoup
The Pi Network, which is seeking to bring its mobile first crypto currency to the mass market, this week passed a critical landmark, 550,000 active members. That is 550,000 of users (Pioneers) engaging daily with the lightweight mining app in order t...
